COMPLETE[PLAY]School for Greybeards by Cowley - thw

[Kitty]

Act One - https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_1.mp3
Act Two - https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_2.mp3
Act Three - https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_3.mp3
Act Five - https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_5.mp3

very well interpreted, thank you Greg. Don Sebastian is the loyal friend everybody needs. I liked the character.

Acts 2 and 5 are already PL ok.

A few edits needed for the other two acts (mostly pesky long 's' that got in the way )

Act 1:

> at 0:25: (p. x) "reflecting ton in all her wild vagaries" - you say "too" instead of "ton". I checked up on that expression a while ago, because I did not know it. It means the good tone of society, or the way the "in-crowd" is supposed to behave. It's deriving from the French word "ton" for "tone". So you can either say it with a nasalised "on" or like the English word "ton", both seem to be correct.

> at 0:49: (p. x) "have sought for your applause" - you say "fought"

> at 0:58: (p. x) "yet howsoever the saucy comic muse" - you say "fancy"

> at 1:39: (p. x) "had spent their rage in vain" - you said "sent"

> at 1:48: (p. x) "to his magic song" - you say "music"

Act 3:

> at 0:20: (p. 31) "lest when they had done eating" - you say "left"

thanks

Sonia

[Kitty]

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donhenry_1.mp3 08:34
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donhenry_1.mp3 06:23
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donhenry_1.mp3 02:01
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donhenry_1.mp3 03:00

a great character as well, a mix of hothead and cavalier. Well portrayed, thanks. My ears may be a bit bad because I constantly hear "Antonio" instead of "Antonia", but I'm sure you said it correctly throughout, I trust you there.

So only one small bit to correct:

Act 1:

> at 1:31: (p. 4) "I fought to punish" - you say "sought"

Acts 3, 4 and 5 are PL ok.

Sonia

[Inkell]

haha, the voice of the servant sounds a bit like the Disney Chipmunks. So funny. A nice touch. In contrast Don Philip sounds very nonchalant. Well done with both, thank you.

Only one PL note for Servant Act 1:

> at 0:31: (p. 12) "and desires you'll admit him" - you say "defires" if I'm not mistaken

the rest is PL ok

Sonia

Those pesky fs and ss' hopefully okay now

Servant, Act 1: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_servant_1.mp3

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

Todd

[Kitty]

Those pesky fs and ss' hopefully okay now
Servant, Act 1: https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_servant_1.mp3

definitely PL ok now, thanks

Sonia

[ToddHW]

And Rachel is already in for PL....she's definitely on the side of the young love-birds

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_rachel_1.mp3
Recording time: 1:36 min.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_rachel_4.mp3
Recording time: 1:12 min.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_rachel_5.mp3
Recording time: 0:50 min.

Sonia

Well, aren't you the opinionated little wench!?! Very saucy!

Perfect. PL OK.

Thanks, Todd

[Kitty]

Well, aren't you the opinionated little wench!?! Very saucy!

thanks yes, saucy wench, that's me.

Sonia

[ToddHW]

Missed you. Glad you are back.

Thanks, Todd

[Kitty]

Missed you. Glad you are back.

[silverquill]

Here are your stage directions.
When in doubt, I recorded.
Hope I got all the DP, and didn't miss too many asides.

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_stage_1.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_stage_2.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_stage_3.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_stage_4.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_stage_5.mp3

[GregGiordano]

Here are the two acts that needed corrections:

Act 1 -
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_1.mp3

Act 3 -
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_3.mp3

Thank you for your great proofing work, Sonia!

Take care,

Greg

[ToddHW]

Thank you.

And congratulations Larry on 10 years!

Thanks, Todd

[Kitty]

Hope I got all the DP, and didn't miss too many asides.

very well done and you didn't miss any asides, but the problem with these old scripts is that often the aside is put after the speech it refers to, so there are a few names that need be inserted. I hope I found them all, it was quite tricky sometimes assessing when the aside started. But apart from that, excellent job, as always. Thank you.

Act 1:
> at 1:45: repeat of "Peter read by" - Peter has been mentioned before, so can be cut at this place
> at about 2:00: please insert "Scene: Portugal" at the end of the dramatis personae and before "Prologue"

Act 2:
> at 1:28: (p. 23) "Sebastian and Viola" - you usually said "vee-ola", here you say "vye-ola"
> at 1:39: (p. 23) "Viola coming forward" - same here
> at 3:08: (p. 28) "Viola aside" - you forgot the name
> at 3:16: (p. 28) "Viola aside" - same here
> at 3:26: (p. 29) "Viola aside" - same here
> at about 3:38: (p. 29) please insert: "Exit"

Act 3:
> at 0:54: (P. 34) "Henry aside" - you forgot the name

Act 4:
> at 0:29: (p. 45) "Octavio aside" - please insert name
> at 0:49: (p. 46) "Octavio aside" - same here
> at 1:57: (p. 50) "Alexis spitefully" - same here
> at 2:02: (p. 50) "Alexis aside" - same here

Act 5:
> at 3:20: (p. 61) "Antonia mournfully" - please insert name
> at about 7:33: (p. 74) missed line: "to the house"
> at the end: (p. iii-ix) you forgot to read the opening adress at this point. I think Todd wanted it included at the end, so there won't be any spoilers

Sonia

[Kitty]

Here are the two acts that needed corrections:
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_1.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_3.mp3

thank you Greg. Mostly perfect, but there are two added mistakes now in your re-recordings for Act 1:

> at 0:24: "reflecting ton in all her wild vagaries" - this time you forgot "in all", making the sentence incomplete
> at 0:49: "for your applause" - you added "wild applause", which is not in the text

Act 3 however is PL ok now.

thanks

Sonia

[GregGiordano]

This is what comes from rushing. I fix five errors and make two more!

With a red-face I turn in what should be a final and correct version of Act One:

https://librivox.org/uploads/toddhw/schoolforgreybeards_donsebastian_1.mp3

Take care,

Greg